The revival match was held in the afternoon. Lin Xiaoman and Chu Daizi were notified at noon about the song they would sing in the afternoon’s competition. They had three hours of practice time, and Lin Xiaoman was practicing with Teacher He in a dedicated practice room.”
Just before going on stage, Teacher He was called out by a phone call, and Lin Xiaoman was practicing with headphones on, unaware.
When the hour hand pointed to three o’clock, Teacher He had not returned. Lin Xiaoman was preparing to change clothes.
Unexpectedly, the door was locked. Their practice room was temporarily partitioned, and the key was usually left on the door, which would be closed but not locked.
It seemed to be intentional.
There were only a few fixed camera positions in the rest room, with no other people. And because phones were collected during competition preparation, Lin Xiaoman couldn’t contact anyone outside.
She called out “Teacher He,” but as expected, there was no response.
It seemed someone had deliberately lured Teacher He away and then locked her in the room. Since the other party was determined to lock her in, they certainly wouldn’t let anyone approach. And because it was only the revival match in the afternoon, the adjacent rooms were empty. She could be locked in a place where no one would discover her!
There were only fifteen minutes left before going on stage, but she was locked in the room and couldn’t get out.
Lin Xiaoman tried to stay calm, walking around the room, but couldn’t find anything to pry open the door.
Finally, her gaze locked onto a stool.
Ten minutes left.
As long as Lin Xiaoman didn’t appear in these ten minutes, she would enter the finals.
Chu Daizi thought to herself with satisfaction. She knew Lin Xiaoman definitely wouldn’t appear. Teacher He had been lured away, and the trainees in the adjacent rooms had already gone to the stage. Now she just needed to wait in the studio and adapt accordingly. She began to feel pleased with her own cleverness. As long as Lin Xiaoman didn’t come, she would advance!
